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VCDS – Transport Mode - Section 25-A
Transport Mode
On some vehicles using CAN for diagnostics, there is a special Transport Mode that is
used by the factory to put the cars into a "sleep" mode to conserve battery charge during
long periods of inactivity.
[Activate Transport Mode]
Clicking this button (when using a HEX interface) will put applicable vehicles into Transport
Mode, shutting down most systems.
[De-activate Transport Mode]
Clicking this button (when using a HEX interface) will "wake up" applicable vehicles from
Transport Mode, powering up most systems.
On some early CAN-based cars, Transport Mode cannot be re-enabled once the car has
more than 150km on the odometer.
In the B7 Audi A4, Transport Mode works a little differently since this car doesn’t have a
CAN Gateway. To take the car out of transport mode, go into
[Select]
[17 - Instruments]
[Adaptation - 10]
Enter channel 99
Put in a new value of 0
[Test]
[Save]
In cars with CAN Gateways using UDS, there may be an Adaptation selection for
“Transport Mode” in 19-CAN Gateway. See the Ross-Tech Wiki for vehicle-specific
instructions:
http://wiki.ross-tech.com/index.php/Diagnostic_Procedures